AI Workshop: Navigating the AI landscape

Topic workshop: How to prepare to work with and talk about GenAI with students in your upcoming course & academic year? What is there to know about the AI Act, university policies, AI infrastructure, compliance, support. What to be aware of as a teacher, and how to communicate with students what is important to know about AI? 

Takeaway from the workshop: Personal AI statement: a description of where you stand with (Gen)AI and what you expect from your students—to include in the course guide (syllabus) and use as a springboard for conversations with students. 

This hands-on workshop is designed for a small group of 10 teaching staff members from ESSB and ESL (with five seats reserved for ESL). The session will help you prepare to work with, and talk about, generative AI with students in your upcoming courses and across the next academic year. 

We will explore what you need to know about the evolving AI landscape in higher education, including the implications of the EU AI Act, relevant university policies, available AI infrastructure, compliance requirements, and support structures within the university. Particular attention will be paid to what this means for you in your role as a teacher: how to set clear expectations around the use of (Gen)AI, how to address risks such as academic integrity and bias, and how to communicate transparently with students about what is allowed, encouraged, or prohibited in your course. 

Through short inputs and practical exercises, you will work towards a concrete takeaway: your own personal AI statement. This is a concise description of your position on (Gen)AI and what you expect from your students in relation to AI use. You can include this statement in your course guide (syllabus) and use it as a springboard for structured conversations with students about AI throughout the course.